| Crazy Heart | |
| Published: | Milene Music[1] |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys |
| A-Side: | (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle |
| Recorded: | [2] |
| Studio: | Castle Studio, Nashville |
| Genre: | Country & Western, Honky-tonk, Country blues |
| Label: | MGM |
| Producer: | Fred Rose |
| Prev Title: | Hey, Good Lookin' |
| Prev Year: | 1951 |
| Next Title: | Baby, We're Really in Love |
| Next Year: | 1951 |
"Crazy Heart" is a song by Hank Williams. It was written by Fred Rose and Maurice Murray and reached number four in the record chart for Williams in 1951. It was recorded at Castle Studio in Nashville on July 25, 1951 with Fred Rose producing and backing from Don Helms (steel guitar), Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Sammy Pruett (lead guitar), Howard Watts (bass) and probably Jack Shook (rhythm guitar).[3]
It was one of Williams least commercially successful singles of the period, only spending two weeks on the chart, although Guy Lombardo dented the Top 20 with it, underscoring that the song was better suited to a palm court orchestra than Hank Williams.[4]